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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Molloy say he felt called by as he watched C?
(a) The fields and the sea.
(b) His mother.
(c) His death.
(d) The sky and mountains.

2. How does Molloy characterize his health in the time he was with Lousse?
(a) It got better.
(b) Old problems resolved but new ones began.
(c) It did not decline.
(d) It got worse.

3. What does Molloy say kept him from cutting his testicles off?
(a) His aversion to pain.
(b) His familiarity with his testicles.
(c) His loathing for eunuchs.
(d) His desire for children.

4. What does Molloy say he has in place of principles?
(a) What he has done, who he is.
(b) What he knows, what he can say.
(c) What he has, what he is.
(d) What he will do.

5. What does Molloy say Lousse’s parrot says?
(a) Expletives.
(b) Greetings.
(c) Prayers.
(d) Poetry.

6. Who does Molloy say is responsible for him acting like a pig?
(a) His superiors.
(b) His mother.
(c) His fate.
(d) Himself.

7. What does Molloy say he heard the voice of in his room at Lousse’s house?
(a) A dying dog.
(b) An angry parrot.
(c) His mother.
(d) A collapsing world.

8. How does Molloy characterize Lousse?
(a) A woman of extraordinary flatness.
(b) A woman of bountiful curves.
(c) A woman of masculine musculature.
(d) A woman of delicate graces.

9. When Molloy asked for his clothes, what did the valet tell him at first?
(a) He would have them right back.
(b) They were in the cleaners.
(c) They were being burned.
(d) They were in his room.

10. What does Molloy say four knocks on his mother’s head meant?
(a) Goodbye.
(b) Money.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

11. What time of day does Molloy say he prefers?
(a) Morning.
(b) Evening.
(c) Night.
(d) Noon.

12. What does the man who visits Molloy take away when he visits?
(a) Pages.
(b) Laundry.
(c) Instructions.
(d) Money.

13. What does Molloy say he wants to finish?
(a) Dying.
(b) Caring for himself.
(c) Caring for his mother.
(d) Walking.

14. What smell does Molloy say he associates with Lousse?
(a) Sea air.
(b) Lavender.
(c) Peonies.
(d) Lilacs.

15. What name does Molloy give for the person which whom he knew “true love” (83)?
(a) April.
(b) Rose.
(c) Gertrude.
(d) June.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Molloy not free to stay in the forest?

2. Who does Molloy say he thought might be one and the same person?

3. Where does Molloy say he sleeps?

4. What does Molloy say he was reduced to, by the policeman’s questions?

5. What does Molloy say he stole from Lousse’s house?

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